No sooner had World Boxing News revealed that the World Boxing Association had an incredible 55 titlists through 17 divisions, a decision was made to crunch the remaining numbers.
And now, totalling all the major sanctioning bodies belts against the declassified WBA revealed that Gilberto Mendoza has crowned more champions than the rest combined.
A truly shocking statistic.
Below is a list of all the champions, inlcuding interim, listed by the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation.
We counted 49.
HEAVYWEIGHT – 200 LBS +
IBF / WBO CHAMPION – ANTHONY JOSHUA
WBC CHAMPION – TYSON FURY
Interim: Dillian Whyte
CRUISERWEIGHT – 200 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – ILUNGA MAKABU
IBF CHAMPION – MAIRIS BRIEDIS
WBO CHAMPION -LAWRENCE OKOLIE
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT – 175 LBS
IBF / WBC CHAMPION – ARTUR BETERBIEV
WBO CHAMPION – JOE SMITH JR.
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT – 168 LBS
WBC / WBO CHAMPION – CANELO ALVAREZ
IBF CHAMPION – CALEB PLANT
MIDDLEWEIGHT – 160 LBS
IBF CHAMPION – GENNADIY GOLOVKIN
WBC CHAMPION – JERMALL CHARLO
WBO CHAMPION – DEMETRIUS ANDRADE
SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT – 154 LBS
IBF / WBC CHAMPION – JERMELL CHARLO
WBO CHAMPION – BRIAN CASTANO
WELTERWEIGHT – 147 LBS
IBF / WBC CHAMPION – ERROL SPENCE
WBO CHAMPION – TERENCE CRAWFORD
SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT – 140 LBS
WBC / IBF / WBO CHAMPION – JOSH TAYLOR
LIGHTWEIGHT – 135 LBS
WBO / IBF CHAMPION – TEOFIMO LOPEZ
WBC CHAMPION – DEVIN HANEY
Interim: Joseph Diaz
SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT – 130 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – OSCAR VALDEZ
WBO CHAMPION – JAMEL HERRING
IBF CHAMPION – VACANT
WBO interim: Shakur Stevenson
FEATHERWEIGHT – 126 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – GARY RUSSELL JR.
WBO CHAMPION – EMANUEL NAVARRETE
IBF CHAMPION – KID GALAHAD
SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT – 122 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – BRANDON FIGUEROA
IBF CHAMPION – MURODJON AKHMADALIEV
WBO CHAMPION – STEPHEN FULTON JR.
BANTAMWEIGHT – 118 LBS
IBF CHAMPION – NAOYA INOUE
WBO CHAMPION – JOHN RIEL CASIMERO
WBC CHAMPION – NONITO DONAIRE
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT – 115 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – VACANT
IBF CHAMPION – JERWIN ANCAJAS
WBO CHAMPION – KAZUTO IOKA
FLYWEIGHT – 112 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – JC MARTINEZ
WBO CHAMPION – JUNTO NAKATANI
IBF CHAMPION – SUNNY EDWARDS
Interim: McWilliams Arroyo
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT – 108 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – KENSHIRO TERAJI
WBO CHAMPION – ELWIN SOTO
IBF CHAMPION – FELIX ALVARADO
MINIMUMWEIGHT – 105 LBS
WBC CHAMPION – PANYA PRADABSRI
IBF CHAMPION – RENE CUARTO
WBO CHAMPION – WILFREDO MENDEZ
WBC – ALL WEIGHTS FRANCHISE
160 TO 175 POUNDS – CANELO ALVAREZ
135 POUNDS – TEOFIMO LOPEZ
115 POUNDS – JUAN ESTRADA
Totting up the World Boxing Association rulers, we reached 55 below:
World Boxing Association champions
Bold = Bonafide
Heavyweight
Anthony Joshua – WBA Super
Trevor Bryan – WBA “regular.”
Mahmoud Charr – WBA “Champion in Recess”
Daniel Dubois – WBA interim
Robert Helenius – WBA Gold
Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)
Arsen Goulamirian – WBA Super
Ryad Merhy – WBA “regular.”
Alexey Egorov – WBA Gold
Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)
Dmitry Bivol – WBA Super
Robin Krasniqi – WBA interim
Super middleweight (168 lbs.)
Canelo Alvarez – WBA Super
David Morrell – WBA “regular.”
Fedor Chudinov – WBA Gold
Middleweight (160 lbs.)
Ryota Murata – WBA Super
Erislandy Lara – WBA “regular.”
Chris Eubank Jr. – WBA interim
Super welterweight (154 lbs.)
Jermell Charlo – WBA Super
Erislandy Lara – WBA “regular.”
Michel Soro – WBA Gold
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
Yordenis Ugas – WBA Super
Manny Pacquiao – WBA “Champion is Recess”
Jamal James – WBA “regular.”
Vergil Ortiz – WBA Gold
Super lightweight (140 lbs.)
Josh Taylor – WBA Super
Gervonta Davis – WBA “regular”
Alberto Puello – WBA interim
Ismael Barroso – WBA Gold
LIGHTWEIGHT (135 LBS.)
Teofimo Lopez Jr. – WBA Super
Gervonta Davis – WBA “regular”
Rolando Romero – WBA interim
Roman Andreev – WBA Gold
Super featherweight (130 lbs.)
Gervonta Davis – WBA Super
Roger Gutierrez – WBA “regular.”
Chris Colbert – WBA interim
Mark Urbanov – WBA Gold
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
Leo Santa Cruz – WBA Super
Leigh Wood – WBA “regular.”
Michael Conlan – WBA interim
Super bantamweight (122 lbs.)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev – WBA Super
Brandon Figueroa – WBA “regular”
Raeese Aleem – WBA interim
Ronny Rios – WBA Gold
Bantamweight (118 lbs.)
Naoya Inoue – WBA Super
Super flyweight (115 lbs.)
Roman Gonzalez – WBA Super
Joshua Franco – WBA “regular.”
Mikhail Aloyan – WBA Gold
Flyweight (112 lbs.)
Artem Dalakian – WBA
Luis Concepcion – WBA interim
David Jimenez – WBA Gold
Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)
Hiroto Kyoguchi – WBA Super
Esteban Bermudez – WBA “regular”
Daniel Matellon – WBA interim
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
Knockout CP Freshmart – WBA Super
Victorio Saludar – WBA “regular”
Leyman Benavides – WBA Gold
Erick Rosa – World Boxing Association interim
